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2003 Gordon Jump, actor, WKRP, dies at 71
1997 Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jump at Superbowl rehearsal at 43 1991 Mike Powell of U.S., sets then long jump record at 29' 4 " (8.95m) 1991 Charles Austin breaks U.S. high jump record at 7'10 " 1990 Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ") 1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan 1988 Galina Chistyakova of U.S.S.R. sets long jump woman's record (24"8") 1987 Stefka Kostadonova of Bulgaroa sets high jump woman's record (6'10") 1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5 " jump 1987 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump 1985 Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 1985 Rudolf Povarnitsin of U.S.S.R. sets new high jump world record (7'10"12) 1985 Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers 1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' 1984 Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics 1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" 1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" 1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record 1980 Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5" 1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8" 1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8") 1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' 1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m 1971 Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, 1996 Olympics 1970 Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado 1968 Bob Beamon of USA sets long jump record (29'2 ") in Mexico City 1968 Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27' 2.75") 1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York 1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain 1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" 1967 Michael Bendetti, actor, Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street 1967 Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, 1996 Olympics 1966 Peter DeLuise, born in Hollywood, California, actor, 21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV 1965 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4" 1965 O Kommissarova (U.S.S.R.) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') 1965 Richard Grieco, born in Waterton, New York, actor, 21 Jump Street, Booker 1964 Holly Robinson, Philadelphia, actress, 21 Jump Street 1964 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 " 1964 Rosie Perez, born in Brooklyn, actress, Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump 1964 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1963 Johnny Depp, born in Queensboro, Kentucky, actor, 21 Jump Street, Ed Wood 1962 Dustin Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, actor, Harry-21 Jump Street 1962 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1961 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' " 1960 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 11" 1957 Jodi Anderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. long jump champ, 1978-81 1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California 1955 Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen, born in Netherlands, rock drummer, Van Halen-1984, Jump 1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition 1949 Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres 1948 New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents 1944 RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute 1942 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray 1942 Lynn Davies, born in Nantymoel, Wales, 'Lynn the Leap', long jumper, captain, Britain's Olympic long jump team 1964, won Olympic gold medal 1942 Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" 1941 Annie Jump Cannon, U.S. astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77 1937 Helmut Recknagel, born in Germany, 90m ski jump, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1935 Jessie Owens of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 8" 1932 Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains 1931 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2" 1929 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer, Horses Jump and Fresh Sea 1928 Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' " 1928 Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11" 1925 William DeHart Hubbard of U.S., sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" 1924 Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 " 1921 Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4" 1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1919 Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall 1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 St. Louis Browns manager George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League 1913 Frenchman Pegoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe 1912 Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years 1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" 1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl 1876 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux) 1876 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks) 1863 Annie Jump Cannon, U.S., stellar spectroscopist, Harvard-classification 1819 1st parachute jump in U.S. 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute jump from balloon (Paris) |
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